Doing hair is part science, part art, and part emotional weather report. You may not know this, but my first love was not writing. It was doing hair. In fact, I still do it for a select few. I've spent more than three decades standing behind a chair,
I have subscription fatigue. There. I said it. I don’t even know how many things I’m currently subscribed to. Television channels. Streaming services. Apps. Fitness things. Probably something I’ve completely forgotten about that is quietly taking $4.99 out of my bank account every month. At this
Have you noticed that it feels like the same actors are showing up in every movie lately? Anne Hathaway. Tom Holland. Zendaya. Matt Damon. One week they’re starring in one blockbuster, and before you’ve even finished thinking about that role, they’re popping up in another completely different
At first glance, Elle Woods and Wednesday Addams couldn’t be more different. One wears pink. One wears black. One lights up every room she walks into. The other barely cracks a smile. If you judged these two by appearances alone, you’d probably assume they have nothing in common.
Borrowing Courage I haven't written in a few weeks. At first, it was because my thirteen-year-old niece was visiting, and I didn't want to spend my time behind a computer thinking of the next blog post. I wanted to be fully present. We cooked,
This weekend we had an impromptu -expanded get together. It was originally going to be us and the kids. Then one of us suggested inviting our usual 'Christmas get together' group. The stars aligned and everyone was available! And while we are always extremely vocal about our gratitude
For years I've joked with my clients about my "secret debt." It became one of those running jokes that got a laugh every time. I even had another joke I called my "money laundering. "If I was paying for something expensive—Botox, hair supplies,
There is something strangely comforting about certainty. We meet someone, observe a few interactions, scroll through a few posts, hear a few opinions, and before long we’ve built an entire character profile in our minds. They’re selfish. She’s fake. He’s arrogant. They’re one of those
Would they instantly become best friends... or would they spend an entire brunch politely judging each other's life choices? I recently watched Sex and the City (the show) for the first time, all the way through. I had and epiphany. The more I watched Sex and the City,
I recently shared a post saying goodbye to my 2021 Mustang Mach-E and hello to my new 2026 Tesla. That was it. I wasn’t making a political statement. I wasn’t trying to persuade anyone. I wasn’t endorsing a billionaire, an administration, an ideology, or a movement.
I want to dedicate this one to the almost fit people. The people in the middle. Or the people with the outline of a six-pack but still have a bit of fluff. The people who care. The people who try. The people who know what a macro is but
My son got engaged this weekend! That sentence sounds simple enough, but the weekend leading up to it was anything but. Months ago, we planned a dual family getaway to Kentucky with my son, Richie's girlfriend's family. ( That was inspired by her brother's wedding